Assessing and improving the innovation management capacity of Walloon SMEs through specialized EEN services

Project Information

KAMWAL

Grant agreement ID: 643142

DOI 10.3030/643142

Project closed

EC signature date 5 December 2014

Start date 1 September 2014

End date 31 December 2014

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost € 33 430,00

EU contribution € 26 744,00

Coordinated by

ASSOCIATION INTERCOMMUNALE BUREAU ECONOMIQUE DE LA PROVINCE DE NAMUR SCRL
Belgium

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - KAMWAL (Assessing and improving the innovation management capacity of Walloon SMEs through specialized EEN services)

Reporting period: 2014-09-01 to 2014-12-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The KAMWAL project aimed to the provision of innovation services by the Entreprise Europe Network in Wallonia during the last three months of 2014.
Proposed innovation services are
- KAM service: this service is proposed to SME Instrument Walloon beneficiaries. It consists of evaluating needs, identifying related external coaches and managing the coaching relationships. The objective is to help the concerned companies to maximize the benefit from the European grant.
- IMC service: this service is proposed to innovative Walloon SME with a high growth potential and a capacity to internationalize. Thanks to adapted tools, the Enterprise Europe network consultant helps the company to assess its innovation management organisation and processes and to improve them.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

During the project, no Walloon SME were granted by the SME Instrument scheme. It follows that no KAM service were delivered.
On the other hand, due to the short time period, work on IMC service consisted of preparation and training on the proposed tool (IMPR3OVE).

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The KAMWAL project should be considered as a first step in the setting-up of innovation support services through the Entreprise Europe network in Wallonia. Regarding constraints, some of them being not under command, the operational period was indeed too short to make concerned partners able to deliver expected results.

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